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ChosenMibhar: Hi, I had a dentist appointment early this morning; when I got home I decided to type up the next chapter to distract myself from pain. Sorry I had no time to reply individually this time...I guess I'll do it by email. But still--Thank you!
P.S.—If I have spelling or grammar mistakes please don't hold it against me—I'll fix it later.
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Chapter 9: Thank you, mother
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'Ah who am I kidding?' InuYasha thought to himself as he jumped out of the well in Kagome's time. 'It's been a week; she probably already took those herbs…I didn't think Kagome would do something like that…' he thought sadly. He then sniffed around the shrine looking her for but the trail was cold.
'Damn, where is Kagome?!' InuYasha thought but then he remembered, 'Maybe she's still at school'
InuYasha then went to Kagome's room to pick up his hat but he stopped. What was the point? She'll be home soon. Besides he remembered the last time he tried to meet her at school. For lunch she had soup and he had dirt when she sat him.
So waiting patiently for once was the best he figured.
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"Oh Kami…" Kagome cried helplessly. "I just want my baby…I just want my baby…"
Suddenly a bright sapphire light glowed from her belly. The luminous light increased so that it filled the whole room in a blinding light, then it vanished and now a mighty presence was in the room. Kagome lifted her head to look up on the back of a tall majestic woman.
Her flowing ebony locks were kept high in a pony that showered down to the floor. Kagome couldn't see her face; but she wore a white and green kimono with ginger colored sleeves. Her hakamas were the same color as her sleeve ends. They were long and flowing like the sunset and on her left shoulder was wrapped a two toned fur pelt.
The Doctors eyes became slits as he took a few steps back. "InuKanshi…" he spat acidly.
The woman stood calmly before the cowering doctor. "Hebidokueki" she acknowledged in a smooth monotone voice. "You dare intrude upon my rebirth?" she asked, her voice ringing in authority. "You stoop low as to rip me from my mother's womb?"
"You accuse me?!" the demonic man screeched as he covered his face. "You stoop low as to torment me! Why have you come?!"
The woman didn't answer his question. Instead she pointed her clawed finger at him. The possessed Doctor flinched. "Release this man's soul and leave" she commanded firmly. "If you trespass on my person again, I will obliterate you"
The doctor released an earsplitting shriek that Kagome had to cover her ears. The man sank to his knees and began to shake violently. Up rose a dark spirit from his body. It was hideous—it was a spirit of an ancient serpent demon with piercing red eyes. It released one last shriek before it exited the room. Kagome could hear it rushing over her as it flew out of the building.
After Kagome could no longer sense the evil presence, she looked at the woman. She was standing completely still as if she was contemplating what has taken place.
"W-who are you?" Kagome asked but she felt like she already knew the answer. She seemed strangely familiar even though this was the first time they met. The woman turned around gracefully. With a gentle smile on her face, she bowed before Kagome. Kagome blushed—she felt like it should've been the other way around.
"I am your unborn child" the woman answered looking at Kagome with loving eyes of gold. The pelt on her shoulder caught Kagome's attention when seemed to shift on its own. The woman noticed Kagome's observation and the wagging increased. "It's my tail, mother" she explained.
Kagome never felt so overwhelmed. "But how—"
The woman touched Kagome's lips with her hand. "I was powerless to do anything until your heart confessed that you wanted me…thank you mother"she explained. The woman then leaned forward and kissed Kagome's cheek tenderly. She pulled back and instantly everything went black.
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Kagome groaned as she was shook awake.
"Ma'am, ma'am! She won't respond! Dr. Oota!" a voice said. "What the hell happened here anyway?!"
"Never mind that Hayashi, just check the patient"
"I'm trying to wake her sir but she won't—oh! She's coming around! Ma'am can you hear me!"
"Y-Yes" Kagome moaned weakly. Her head was still spinning. She cracked her eyes open to see Dr. Hayashi and Dr. Oota standing before her.
"Are you alright my dear?" Dr. Oota asked as he reached toward her. "Let me check your—"
"Don't touch me!" Kagome screamed as she distanced herself from him by crawling further up the table. The doctor looked taken aback. "What is the matter?"
"You just tried to give me an abortion against my wishes!"
"What?" he asked. "But didn't you pay for this procedure?"
"Don't play dumb with me!"
"But Doctor Oota would never do that" the assistant spoke up. "I was here the whole time and you didn't ask him to stop. Not once!"
"Y-You don't even remember that Doctor Oota knocked you unconscious?" Kagome asked him.
Now both of them looked at her like she was crazy.
"Are you alright ma'am? Emotional trauma is expected but you got some serious issues—"
"Please excuse my assistant Mss—what is it—Higurashi" Doctor Oota interrupted his assistant with a glare. He turned back to Kagome with a fake sweet smile. "If you like we can finish the procedure"
Kagome shook her head. "No, despite my circumstances…this baby deserves the chance to live…I want to have it"
Doctor Oota didn't look happy about her decision but he nodded in acknowledgement. Kagome couldn't understand; he had got his money—so why was he still upset?
"Alright Ms. Higurashi, I wish you the best of luck then" He held out his hand to her. Kagome reluctantly accepted. "Thank you Doctor Oota" she said as she shook his hand.
Unknown to them a face in the shadows where watching them. It swore quietly. "We failed" it hissed as it melted back into the shadow and disappeared.
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"Mom!" Kagome exclaimed as she ran into the waiting room. Ms. Higurashi looked up. "Kagome? The procedure is done already?" she asked.
"No mom. I'm still pregnant! I decided to keep the baby!"
Ms. Higurashi shook as she began to cry. "Oh thank Kami!" she cried out. She hugged her daughter tightly. "That's wonder!!!! Kagome, I'm so very proud of you!" she said.
"Why?"
"You made the right decision today. Even at your own cost…you choose life" They hugged again, unknowingly catching the attention of everyone in the waiting room.
"I'm sorry mom, but the Doctors told me they won't refund our money…" Kagome said. The procedure cost about 60,000 yen and they were a tight budget family; every penny counted.
"No amount of money can equal a life: Let them keep their blood money!" Ms. Higurashi grabbed her purse from her chair and together they left the building in contentment but fully aware of the challenging times ahead of them.
"Mom…" a young teenage girl said. She was sitting with her mother in the waiting room. She looked longingly after Kagome and her mother. "I want to keep my baby too"
The Mother laid aside her newspaper with a sigh. "When been over this Tina—"
"There is adoption…I promise to put the child up for adoption after it's born. I don't want my baby to die either…"
Mother hesitated but then folded her newspaper and stood. "Very well, dear"
Together, Tina and her mother left.
A young man who was sitting diagonal from the mother and daughter, who just left, looked over at his girlfriend. "Hey Han. I don't want you to get the abortion"
She looked stunned. "…You never said anything before… I thought you didn't want it…"
"I'm sorry Hanako-chan…I just didn't want to tell you what to do with your own body" he explained quietly. "…I know our finances are not the best since we're in college but I really would like you to have this baby…"
"Really…?" she asked in a tearful smile.
He grinned. "Really, really" he got down on his knee. "I would even like you to be my wife…I can't afford a big wedding but we can do something—"
"Yes! Yes!" the girl jumped up and down like a manic. When she calmed down she kissed him passionately. "Diamonds rings don't impress me—but at least get me a ½ a karat!"
The boy sweat-dropped, 'Oh Kami, what did I just get myself into to?' he thought as he left with his new fiancé.
After that scene other people in the room followed one by one until only Victoria was left in the waiting room. "Hmph!" she snorted in disgust as tossed her hair over her shoulder. "Losers" she spat.
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By the time Kagome and her mother returned home, Souta was just getting off the school bus. "Hey sis!" he called. "What are you doing home so early?"
"I um…" Kagome trailed.
"I'll explain later" Ms. Higurashi spoke up. "So how was your day, today sweet heart?" she asked her son as they all walked up the steps toward their home.
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InuYasha was sitting in Kagome's room when he her caught her scent. He looked out her window and looked out. On the horizon, Kagome with her mother and brother had just come into view.
"Kagome!" InuYasha yelled as he jumped out the window and landed right in front of her.
"Hey InuYasha is here!" Souta exclaimed excitedly. He was about to go over and greet his role model until Ms. Higurashi held him back.
"Kagome did you—" InuYasha broke off in mid-sentence when her scent entered his nostrils. He then pulled Kagome closer and inhaled deeply. She still had the pup in her and now the smell was even stronger. He moved away to look down at Kagome's still flat mid-section.
"You still have it in ya" he stated. He then breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you Kagome…" he pulled her close to him again. "I'm glad ya kept…" he whispered. "I'm glad ya kept it"
Kagome gasped. "You really want this baby, InuYasha?" she asked.
"Yeah…I really do…even more than I want to kill and gut Naraku"
Kagome smiled as she hugged InuYasha tighter. "That's the sweetest thing you have ever said to me" she breathed into his silver hair.
Ms. Higurashi stood off onto the side with a tear wielding up her eye while Souta watched in bewilderment. "Hey mom, what are they talking about—"
"Shhhhh!" she hushed. She then gave Souta a gentle push toward the house. "I'll explain later" They went inside the house together to give the young couple some privacy.
Suddenly Kagome's countenance fell. InuYasha's dog ears twitched. "Now what's botherin' ya?" he asked. He didn't know if it was just Kagome or the hormones from the pregnancy.
Kagome lowered her head. "I'm just thinking about the baby and how its life is still connected to the curse..."
"Will ya nip that in the bud?!" InuYasha snapped. "There are two ways to skin a cat! We'll just find a way to break the curse that doesn't involve you falling over your heels for Sesshomaru!"
"Yeah you're right. Maybe Kaede can help us"
"Good idea! That old mother hen is ancient enough to know a few tricks here and there" InuYasha agreed. "Ya wanta go and ask her now?"
Kagome shook her head. "Later. Right now I just want to be with you…" she said with the sweetest smile.
InuYasha felt his heart flutter. "Kagome—"
"Right after I get something to eat!" Kagome finished as she pushed the hanyou away. "I'm starving!" she said as she began to walk back toward the house. InuYasha sweat-dropped as he watched her go; he then shrugged. It's only the beginning of Kagome's pregnancy and he supposed he should start getting to her moods.
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-TBC
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ChosenMibhar You can throw away the tissue box; the angsty stuff is over for now! The dark stuff was even getting me depressed. Despite all odds, Kagome is going pro-life! Yah!
So breathe Callie!
For this occasion, I was inspired to draw a picture of Kagome's daughter. I colored it in Corel Painter. If you like to see it, just give me your e-mail address and I'll send it to you.
Oh and by the way—NOTES:
Hebidokueki means literally "snake venom" in Japanese.
The American dollar (I really hate to say) keeps dropping so who knows…but I think: 60,000 yen about $500 U.S. dollars. But if I'm wrong—please correct me.
And InuKanshi roughly means "Dog guardian" in Japanese
Inu: dog
Kanshi: to watch over/surveillance
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